Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-06
RUSHED FOREVER.
The Swedish Nightin gale Is DeRd-J amy
Line, One OF the Worlds Greatest Sing
Srs, Passes Away.

Line, One OF the Worlds Greatest Sing
SrG, Passes Away.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The cable briggs the sad news that
Jenny Lind Goldschmidt, "the Swedish
Nightingale" "the divine Jenny" who
created such q Juror thirty-seven years
ego, is dead.
Some weeks since she was attacked
With paralysis, and has gradually sue
cumbed to her fste.
| She wss sixty-seven years old, having
been born in Stockholm October s, 1920.
Her taste for music was Indicated Wht n
she wes child of three years, and at ten
she went upon the stage In ayedile char
acters. Two years later she lost her
voice, but recovered it in miraculous
manner.
One evening, ct q concert. the fourth
act of Meyerbeer's "R0bert LIE D able"
had been announced, when it was sud-
denly discovered tat q singer to take the
part OF "Alice" wss wanting. A short
solo was all that "Alice" sang, and none
Of the professional wanted to undertake
so THRILLING A PART
her teacher thought it would tot be nlsr-
red by Jenny. Just as cooling spring
sometimes springs forth in the most arii
desert, so Jenpy's voice broke forth in all
doubts Of her lyrical excellence were at
once removed. In the winter OF 1888 she
appeared as "Agaths," in "Dar Fret-
schulz"
She created profound sensation, only
to win new Iaureis IS Lucia in "LGcia di
Lammermoor She went to Paris to
take lessons Of Gsrcis, the teacher of the
Inflated Mallbrar, who said: "ELa, dear
young lady, You have had voice and you
will lose it. You have been singing too
early or too much. l cannot instruct
you. Sing not note for three months,
and then see he again" The advice wGs
followed and Garcia gave her the coveted
instruction, vet he did not discover her
genius This was left for Meyer beer, who
gave her rehearsal with g full orchestra,
and was
so GRATIFEED AT her PERFORMANCE
that he at once offered her an engage
meDt at Berlin. Her career was now
series Of triumphs iu the capitals Of
Europe, AID IN Ea2land her succeas
touched the marvellous and sublime. IN
1850 2. 7. Bsrnum, the American show
man, who was in London with Tom
Thumb, engaged Jenny Lind 20 give
number of concerts in this country, and
st once arranged for 160 concerts, the
singer to receive $1,000 fer each night
and half of the nightly receipts
over $500. Sunday, September
l, 1850, Messrs. Renedict, BelIstti
and the divine Jenny arrived in New York.
she was received with the Widest enthu-
sissm. lriumphal arches, bowers of
green toliase and patriotic displays OF
flags were conspicuous on the wha1f,
where thousands of people assembled to
give the songstress an American welcome.
She was then In her tnirtieth year. Gen
in, the halter, purchased the first ticket
at S225. She sang at Castle Garden, and
her frs5 song wss "Casts Diva" Toward
the last portion of the cavatlna the audi
ence were so
CARRIED AWAY BY THEIR FEELINGS
that the remainder of the air was crowned
in perfect tempest of acclamation.
L3nDy Lind visited ell the leading cities
Of the country except Chicago, and
reached Cincinnsti from Louisville on
the steamer Ben Franklin Saturday morn
lug April u, 1851. General Winfield
Scott was then at the BUrnet House,
kept by Mr.. Coleman, in those days the
leading hotel IF the city. A grSas crowd
had assembled at the wharf to catch 8
view CT the great songstress. Il sp-
pears that at New Orleans Bar
nun had palmed of one Of his
daughters, who came of the steamer
on HE arm, IS the fair Jenny, and the
story had been published In the CinciD-
natl papers. When the boat reached the
wharf the Snowman gave Jenny his arm,
and as he stepped on to the gang-plsnk,
LeGr6nd Smith, his agent, bswled cut
from the guards: "That's no go, Mr.
BArnun. You can't pass
YOUR DAUGHTER OFF FOR JENNY LIND
this time" and the crowd replied, "That
won't do; you may fool the New Orleans
folks, but you can't come it over the
Buckeyes" In five minutes the lady in
black on Bsrnum's arm, who was jenny
Lind, was safely qusrtered at the Bur-
net. HIN. Samuel r pere, then
United States Senator, and GoverHef
Wood called upon her. At the first
sale Of tickets Henry David, q perfn1aer,
bid the first bid of $50, and the fret seat,
No 420, AZ the old National theater on
Sycamore street, was knocked off 10 Z.
McElvey, a merchant tailor, for $515.
Three concerts were given: On Monday,
April Il; Wednesday, 18Th, and Thursday,
the 18th. At the first concert Jules Bene-
dict led the orchestra and Signor B llettl
sang the fist song, followed by Jenny
Lind in al Know that My R9deejner
Liveth," next one from the opera OF 'LAd
Sannambule," then one from "IlTurcaa
in Italia," then "Che Bird Song" ana
lastly Home, Sweet Home" The 9ur
nails of the day were
LOUD IN HER PRAISE,
declaring that such music would only be
heard sgsiu by mortsls VINO reached
heaven. february 5, 1852, Jennie Lind
married Otto G0ldschmidG in Boston, q
poor young musician that she he'd met
years before in Germany, and when Jules
Benedict was Obliged to return to EG-
gland she at once secured the services OF
young Goldschmidt. From being 81 ar
dent admlrer he became her willing
slave, aud, unable longer TO
endure her indin 3rerce, confessed his
love and was accepted. After her Ameri
csn tour she retired to residence,
No. Morton Gardens, Bolton, S. W.,
near London, where she has lived in re-
tirement, occasionally giving lessons TO
members of the Royal family, with whom
she was on the most friendly terms. She
leaves three children, one daughter and
two sons, none OF them having any must
cal talents. One of her sons is in the
English army. Shus has passed away,
with single exception, the divine Patti.
no living singer VINO deserves to be
classed with the famous group OF greal
vocsIists-P3 sia, Persioni, Malibran and